Can someone explain what's the benefit of having markdown files instead of e.g. a mysql database like a conventional wiki?
Way easier to backup for most people
Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
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Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#32I'd like to mention some community plugins that extend it even further:
- Query your notes into tables/lists: https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview
- Templates with variables: https://github.com/SilentVoid13/Templater
- QuickAdd: https://github.com/chhoumann/quickadd
Markdown compatibility is cool, but what's even cooler is stringing these together to be able to create a new note in a specific folder with a template that contains some variables, and having all of that automatically added in an index note.
If emacs scares you and other options are too limiting, this is where you'll find that sweet spot between user friendliness and extensibility.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#33What I'd like is an easy way to keep my notes synced on my laptop and my android phone. I suppose I could install git on my phone and do it that way, but maybe there's a less faffy way I'm missing?
I've been using it with termux+git on phone. My shell history has the full path to the obsidian folder and the previous git commands. So I just do up arrows and enter. Not that ugly. I'll admit it's not as UXy as pressing a sync button
I think this might have to be the winning answer for me.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#34Can someone explain what's the benefit of having markdown files instead of e.g. a mysql database like a conventional wiki?
Way easier to backup for most people
I just run the wiki in docker and take regular snapshots?
I also find the requirement "have internet" is a good trade-off against the requirement "install client on every device".
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#35I'm the type most comfortable with taking notes on a physical piece of paper (cuz then I can draw stuff and make mind maps).
After many months I'm still learning to use Notion more extensively for different things e.g. automating stuff via the API
This is my first time coming acrossing Obsidian, just wondering if anyone's been using both Notion and Obsidian.
How would doing things in one and not the other differ from a use-case perspective, etc?
(I never quite understand this graph thing from a cognitive-offloading perspective, and how it should be utilized for domain-specific things, etc) I feel like it's often the act of taking notes that is benefitial (eg helping us to clear up the conceptual space). But maybe that's cuz I'm not in a name-intensive field like biology?
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#36I really love obsidian. Sure it has a couple of wrinkles, the mobile app is new still and has a couple more wrinkles, but it scratches so many itches I have around note taking. Currently using it alongside https://get.mem.ai/ and love the pairing for knowledge base and real time notes. I’m working on combining the two to come up with my ideal set up.
Just tried out mem.ai. Unfortunately, very buggy through account creation (registering my phone number failed) and the layout doesn’t work on mobile.
As something that’s built and branded for quick release of information, I think there’s some more work to be done. Worth following, but isn’t immediately useful for me.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#37The comments here made it sound exciting, but it seems like it's proprietary, which is a no-go for me. I'll stick to plain text file notes and the occasional org-mode for now.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#38Can someone explain what's the benefit of having markdown files instead of e.g. a mysql database like a conventional wiki?
interoperability for one. Makes it fairly trivial to move notes between apps. I tried out Obsidian because I could just copy my logseq markdown files over.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#39The comments here made it sound exciting, but it seems like it's proprietary, which is a no-go for me. I'll stick to plain text file notes and the occasional org-mode for now.
It's a fancy frontend for plain-text markdown files stored in a folder tree. Nothing proprietary about it.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#40I really do need to get started on a personal wiki. I might give this a try. It would be nice if I can get the files into git that I can save to a private github repo (I'm fine paying the one time payment to support them but $8/month seems too much for a simple sync feature)
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